CLOSED: Is this a regular honey bee?

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absinthe27 Rogers, MN(Zone 4b) Sep 03, 2013

I can't figure out what type of bee this is. It looks like a honey bee (Apis mellifera), but it doesn't have any antennae (or at least not the usual dark antennae). Any ideas?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 03, 2013

This is a flower/hover fly (family Syrphidae); looks like one of the bee mimics in the genus Eristalis.

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absinthe27 Rogers, MN(Zone 4b) Sep 03, 2013

It definitely looks like it could be Eristalis tenax. Thank you!

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